Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Polymer Name
- Technologies
- Coloring
Material is already pre-colored.
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Features
Standard grade with adhesion to Polypropylene, low hardness; excellent processing.
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Plastics & Elastomers Processing Methods
- Applications
- UNISOFT TPE™ ST-30A-BK-1-01 is a general grade intended for use in injection molding.
- Injection Molding (preferable standard 2-component injection molding machine to get adhesion to substrate), Extrusion.
Properties
- Color
- Mechanical Properties
- Shrinkage Properties
Unisoft TPE™grades are anisotropic materials. Their shrinkage properties are higher in the flow direction, and the shrinkage in the cross-flow direction is less. Unisoft TPE™ ST-30A-BK-1-01 shows shrinkage values between 1.0– 3.2 %.
- Rheological Properties
Actual rheological data of Unisoft TPE™ materials are shear dependence. Viscosity will decrease at higher shear rates, and should be considered during injection molding design and setup of processing conditions.
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Hardness | 30 | Shore A | ASTM D - 2240 |
| Specific Gravity | 1.19 | g/cc | ASTM D - 792 |
| Tensile Strength | 4.0 | Mpa | ASTM D - 412 |
| Elongation at Break | 600.0 | % | ASTM D - 412 |
| Molding Temperatures Rear | 320 - 355 (160 - 180) | °F(°C) | — |
| Molding Temperatures Front | 355 - 395 (180 - 200) | °F(°C) | — |
| Molding Temperatures Nozzle | 395 - 410 (200 - 210) | °F(°C) | — |
| Molding Temperatures Mold | 85 - 150 (30 - 65) | °F(°C) | — |
Storage & Handling
- Purging
Purge thoroughly before and after use of this product (e.g. Polypropylene with MFI between 0.5 – 2.5)
- Drying Time
Material is not hygroscopic and drying is only necessary if material was stored under moisture.